Laurelhurst, Seattle

Laurelhurst
Laurelhurst residential street, near Laurelhurst Park

Laurelhurst is a residential neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, US. It is bounded on the northeast by Ivanhoe Place N.E., beyond which is Windermere; on the northwest by Sand Point Way N.E. and N.E. 45th Street, beyond which are Hawthorne Hills, Ravenna, and University Village; on the west by Mary Gates Memorial Drive N.E., beyond which is the East Campus of the University of Washington; on the southwest by Union Bay; and on the east by Lake Washington. Seattle Children's Hospital is located in its northwest corner. Once a seasonal campground of the Duwamish people, the neighborhood has been a part of Seattle since its annexation in 1910.[1]

The community center is an official city landmark.[2] The Laurelhurst Beach Club, Laurelhurst Park, and its Laurelhurst Community Center serve as gathering places.

Laurelhurst has had several famous residents, including Melanie Griffith[citation needed] and Antonio Banderas,[citation needed] who rented a house on the waterfront one summer while filming a movie; musician Duff McKagan, bassist for Guns N' Roses.[citation needed] Bill Gates lived as a young child in Wallingford before moving to the neighborhood, where his father Bill Gates Sr. lived.[3]

The neighborhood is one of the most expensive in Seattle, with median home prices around $1,649,000, over double the overall Seattle median of $735,000, as of September 2018.[4]

  1. ^ Rochester, Junius. "Seattle Neighborhoods: Laurelhurst — Thumbnail History". historylink.org. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  2. ^ Landmarks Alphabetical Listing for L Archived July 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. Accessed online July 13, 2008
  3. ^ Harville, Tim (April 4, 2009). "Laurelhurst is a good place to move up to". Seattle Times. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "Laurelhurst Home Prices & Values". Zilloe. Retrieved October 28, 2018.